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    Bell housing side play

    Thanks alldodge. I've pulled the hingepins. There's a little slop in the bushings, but not terrible. I have misplaced my mike, so don't have an exact measurement, but I'd say the washers are on order 10 to 20 thousandths. If anyone knows what thickness they are supposed to be, please holler...
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    Bell housing side play

    Can anyone point me to a spec for side play tolerance on the bell housing on mc-1 (1980)? Seems a little excessive but there’s no slop up and down. Could be the shim washers have worn? Thx.
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    Help with MC ID

    Hi Bondo, thanks. That jives with what I've seen - somewhere between about '78 and '83. The boat had an older model housing on it that had those plugs (I'm replacing it with the newer one). I'm pretty sure they were factory. To my knowledge, there had never been a pin repair done to that...
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    Help with MC ID

    Hi, I'm sure you guys get tired of the same old questions, but I'm struggling ID-ing the exact model of gimbal housing I have. The boat is very old and been updated several times. The sterndrive itself is an early alpha-1. This gimbal housing is pre-alpha. It has the slightly larger transom...
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    Transom/engine bay repairs

    Hi all, I started this adventure with a thread on the Mercruiser repair section, but now I'm doing hull work so I thought I'd get a fresh start. I know there is a lot of information out there regarding transom/stringer repairs and the like, but I have a question about a specific aspect of that...
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    Help with frozen Y pipe bolt

    Hi all, I have first gen alpha and trying to remove Y pipe. This style has only three bolts, the bottom one being long and having an allen head. Wouldn't you know it was frozen. I eventually ruined the allen socket, so I figured the thing to do would be cut off the head and try to work the pipe...
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